Parashas Shelach · Side page (TT silent)
And they rose early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain, saying: Here we are, and we will go up to the place that Hashem has said, for we have sinned.
Classic: the ma’apilim — late obedience after the decree.
English: Here we are, and we will go up to the place that Hashem has said, for we have sinned.
Confession joined to unauthorized ascent.
TT silent; admission of sin is real, but the ascent is after the cloud has already withdrawn the command to go up.